Gavin Escott is a former campus news editor for the Daily Cardinal. He covered protests, breaking news and wrote in-depth on Wisconsin politics and higher education. He previously worked at WORT-FM and will be an intern at the Wisconsin State Journal in 2025. Follow him on X at @gav_escott.
The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday it would restart collection measures on federal student loans on May 5 to ensure “financial health” for the nation.
A federal judge said the U.S. government couldn’t take action against an international University of Wisconsin-Madison student whose visa was terminated on April 4 until a hearing in two weeks.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate condemned the police violence against protesters at last May’s pro-Palestine encampment and called for the restoration of two advisory protest oversight bodies.
The State Departments cuts to the Fulbright program led to disruptions in payment for Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants and raised questions about their future on campus.
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chancellor Dr. Thomas Gibson was named the next Chancellor of UW-Milwaukee Monday after unanimous approval from the UW System. Board of Regents.
University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders instructed all academic units to develop budget reduction plans for the next fiscal year and said they would work with colleges to develop bridge funding plans amid federal funding uncertainty.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students elected 38 representatives for multiple colleges and Associated Student of Madison committees, showing strong support for bonding authority and lighting the Lakeshore path
On this episode of Cardinal Call, host Oliver Gerharz speaks with Daily Cardinal Campus News Editor Gavin Escott about his article “‘There aren’t easy answers’: Mnookin fields faculty questions on NIH funding cuts’s impact on junior faculty, graduate students” in a discussion of how recent federal funding cuts will affect UW–Madison and the state of Wisconsin. Articles featured in this week’s campus news in brief segment: Brent Plisch named chief of UWPD – Julia Walkowicz No. 12 Wisconsin unexpected falls to Penn State in sobering end to remarkable regular season – Jacob Szczap
University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty pressed Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on planned responses to federal funding cuts at an uncertain Faculty Senate meeting Monday.
In a letter to the campus community, University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders said federal decisions have created uncertainty though they reaffirmed the university’s values of diversity.
Gov. Tony Evers delivers his 2024 State of the State address in the Wisconsin State Capitol building on Jan. 23, 2024.
Gov. Tony Evers delivers his 2024 State of the State address in the Wisconsin State Capitol building on Jan. 23, 2024.
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, speaks to reporters after Gov. Tony Evers delivered the 2024 State of the State address in the Wisconsin State Capitol building on Jan. 23, 2024.
Gov. Tony Evers delivers his 2024 State of the State address in the Wisconsin State Capitol building on Jan. 23, 2024.
UWPD separates demonstrators supporting Palestine from counter-protestors supporting Israel during a moment of heightened tension.
Pictured: Francesca Hong, State Representative for District 76.
Republican assembly members shown seated while democratic assembly members applaud Governor Tony Evers.
Governor Tony Evers giving his State of the State address.
Governor Tony Evers (right) giving the State of the State address. Pictured behind Evers, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (left) and Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (center).
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